In neighbouring countries Norway and Denmark, a medical testing certificate is required from 75 years of age, and in Finland an optical record is compulsory from 45 years of age.
Then came the pollution-test certificates, which meant another trip to France.
European Union officials say they have also noticed a rise this year in the number of Chinese seafood shipments turning up with banned chemicals, despite strict procedures, including food-safety test certificates presented by the Chinese government.
Last year, the government was forced to shut down two reactors temporarily after it learned that parts suppliers — some of whom were later convicted — had fabricated the safety-test certificates for more than 10,000 components over 10 years.
De La Rue said Tuesday, "It has now been established that some of the company's employees have deliberately falsified certain paper specification test certificates for a limited number of customers".
The country has already shuttered three of those reactors temporarily because the questionable parts used there were important, and more closings could follow as investigators wade through more than 120,000 test certificates filed over the past decade to see if more may have been falsified.
There are a number of English proficiency test certificates such as the GEPT, TOEIC, and TOEFL.
Are employees whose English is better or who have been awarded English proficiency test certificates given more opportunities for promotion?
A transition to standardised electronic-test certificates (E-TCs) is thought to offer advantages over the static alternatives currently in use.
For example, some people with certificates as mechanics are still not able to fix automobile circuit boards… It's good to get English proficiency test certificates, but having them does not necessarily mean one can communicate well.
